No.

10 7 – 04/2011

35th Ordinary UEFA

Congress in Paris
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In this issue
35th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Paris 4
On 22 March, national association delegates gathered
in Paris for the annual Ordinary UEFA Congress, where
they entrusted Michel Platini with another four-year
term as president and held Executive Committee elections,

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resulting in three new members.

Executive Committee meeting 10

Before the congress, the Executive Committee
met in the French capital, where further
discussions were had on the need to preserve

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the integrity of UEFA’s competitions.

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A call to governments 12
The Professional Football Strategy Council
has called on governments to support football
with regard to betting.

Finals just around the corner 14

It is that time of year again, when the
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An exciting
landmark

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T he centralised marketing of matches is nothing new
in football and the system used in the UEFA Champions
League has long served as a reference and model. It
Last, but by no means least, this project has not been
imposed from the top down; it is the result of consultation
and a commitment to ongoing dialogue.
is unanimously supported and clearly suits everyone
involved. This is the approach I proposed when first elected
UEFA president and the approach we have since
Nevertheless, it was a bold idea to try to introduce adopted, together.
the principle of centralised marketing for all European
Championship and World Cup qualifiers. Every asso- Thank you to all of you for your continued faith in me.
ciation has its own contracts and customs, the sporting
value of teams is as varied as the size of domestic mar-
kets, and national associations are not run along the
same lines as clubs.
Michel Platini
That said, many associations believed in this project UEFA President
from the start, and with enough conviction to gradually
persuade the more sceptical. The Executive Committee
has also given the project its full support and is ready
to provide funds if required. Now, all 53 member asso-
ciations have signed up. This is both a powerful signal
of their desire to raise the status of national team football
and an exemplary act of solidarity on the part of the
larger associations.

At a practical level, it will no doubt be a relief for the

associations not to have to worry about the media value
of the opponents the draws throw at them and instead to
be able to concentrate fully on sporting concerns.

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4 35th Ordinary UEFA Congress

A new term of office

for Michel Platini
The 35th Ordinary UEFA Congress was held on 22 March at the Grand Palais
in Paris, where Michel Platini obtained a new four-year term of office as UEFA
president and seven members were elected or re-elected to the Executive Committee.

It was by acclamation that the delegates from all

53 UEFA member associations re-elected Michel Platini
(France), the only candidate for the office of UEFA presi-
presidents and general secretaries of our 53 member
associations ever more influential (…). In short, together
we have given back to our elected representatives the
dent. power to initiate and lead UEFA’s sporting and strategic
Earlier, in his opening speech, Michel Platini looked policies. You are once again the heart of our organisa-
back over his first four years at the UEFA helm, reviewing tion and its driving force.”
his accomplishments according to the five commitments The second commitment was to increase solidarity
that he made during his electoral campaign in 2007. payments and exchanges between national associations,
Regarding the first commitment, which was to rein- a goal that was achieved thanks to various exchange
force the legitimacy of UEFA representatives, Michel programmes and the development of the HatTrick pro-
Platini emphasised that “Together we have enlarged gramme, as a result of which, “we have moved up (…)
the Executive Committee and strengthened its powers from a total of €408 million redistributed to the federa-
and scope (…). We have put the committees back at tions in the period from 2008 to 2012 to almost €500
the heart of our organisation (…). We have made the million for 2012–16.”

The Executive Committee during the congress

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Michel Platini addresses the delegates after his election

The third commitment was to guarantee the universal- The president set out the steps towards achieving this
ity of competitions, which resulted, in particular, in the objective, starting with the centralised sale of the rights
decision to increase the number of European Football to the qualifying matches of the national teams. “I am
Championship final round participants to 24 as from delighted to officially announce that, as of today, every-
EURO 2016, the reform of the UEFA Champions League one, without exception, is on board. We have received
access list and the transformation of the UEFA Cup into the signatures of all 53 national associations, marking
the UEFA Europa League. the start of a great adventure.”
Michel Platini also promised to re-establish unity Thanking those who had believed in the project from
between football families, which led to the creation the start and those who have joined up since, the presi-
of the Professional Football Strategy Council, where dent emphasised that “[It’s] a major endeavour which is
all football families can have their voices heard. He also indicative (…) of UEFA’s new form of governance:
also highlighted the excellent relations that UEFA now governance in which the new watchword is consulta-
enjoys with FIFA: “We now work hand in hand with FIFA tion!” He also added: “Nothing will happen without
in many areas, in particular to protect national associa- you! Because this UEFA is, above all, YOUR UEFA.”
tions against any form of political interference.”
Lastly, Michel Platini promised to work towards exempla- Formidable challenges
rity in football, a commitment that was put into action with After mentioning the difficult challenge of organising
the launch of the Respect campaign, an increase in socially EURO 2012, Michel Platini noted that: “Our role cannot
responsible actions and the introduction of measures to be reduced to simply organising competitions. We are
combat racism in stadiums and step up the fight against also, and above all, a governing body and a proactive
doping. Falling into the same category are the initiatives to force.”
combat corruption linked to betting, the strengthening and As such, UEFA is confronted with some formidable
the improvement of relations with the European institutions challenges. Recalling that for the year 2009 alone
and the launch of the financial fair play project in club foot- Europe’s professional clubs accumulated losses of €1.2
ball. “Without your support (…), none of this would have billion, Michel Platini stressed that: “(…) there is a huge
been possible”, Michel Platini concluded before turning to amount of money in football, but more importantly there is
the future and setting out his objectives. a moral problem in the way this money is sometimes gen-
erated and used… Financial fair play is a crucial project
Objectives that will enable us to clean up certain practices within our
The first objective relates to national teams: “We have game. It will be implemented in full in the course of my
to do our best to (…) increase the value of national teams. next term and we will apply the rules with the courage
It’s up to us to get them back to where they belong.” and resolution for which UEFA should be known.”

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6 35th Ordinary UEFA Congress

Appeal to the authorities Three new faces on the Executive Committee

It is also on these two virtues that the UEFA presi- As well as the office of president, also up for elec-
dent is calling to combat violence in stadiums and fraud tion were seven seats on the Executive Committee, for
linked to betting. However, these two scourges will take which 13 candidates were in the running. Just one of the
more than courage and resolution to combat and can- outgoing members was standing down: Joseph Mifsud,
not be beaten without the help of the political and state from Malta.
authorities, whom the UEFA president urged to: “take Candidates needed 27 votes – an absolute majority
the necessary steps. Every country should establish a of the 53 votes – to be elected in the first round, and six
whole battery of legal measures enabling them to ban candidates achieved this. They were:
hooligans from stadiums. Every country should appoint • Ángel María Villar Llona (outgoing member, Spain,
a prosecutor in charge of illegal betting and corruption 47 votes)
in sport. (…) every country should also clearly and fully • Senes Erzik (outgoing member, Turkey, 42 votes)
recognise the European sports model.” • Peter Gilliéron (new, Switzerland, 40 votes)
Moving on to make reference to the strategy meeting • Grigoriy Surkis (outgoing member, Ukraine, 38 votes)
that will be held in Cyprus this autumn (see page 11), • Borislav Mihaylov (new, Bulgaria, 28 votes)
Michel Platini emphasised that: “We can use the meet- • Sergey Fursenko (new, Russia, 27 votes)
ing to shape the future of UEFA and European football.
Everything is possible. But we must keep our faith and In the second round, a simple majority was enough to
passion alive for the sake of the game, because at the be elected, allowing Mircea Sandu (Romania) to keep
end of the day it is a game. At the same time, we must his seat with 15 votes.
ensure that our action is always transparent, responsible, The other candidates were the two outgoing members
open, exemplary and united.” Liutauras Varanavičius (Lithuania) and Gilberto Madaíl

The new UEFA Executive Committee

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Sergey Fursenko
Borislav Mihaylov
Peter Gilliéron

Shortly after the congress, the Executive Committee met in its new composition for a brief inaugural meeting. The com-
mittee will be as follows for the next two years: President: Michel Platini (France); 1st vice-president: Senes Erzik (Turkey);
2nd vice-president: Geoffrey Thompson (England); 3rd vice-president: Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain); 4th vice-president:
Marios N. Lefkaritis (Cyprus); 5th vice-president: Giancarlo Abete (Italy). Members: Sergey Fursenko (Russia), Peter Gilliéron
(Switzerland), Allan Hansen (Denmark), František Laurinec (Slovakia), Avraham Luzon (Israel), Borislav Mihaylov (Bulgaria),
Mircea Sandu (Romania), Grigoriy Surkis (Ukraine), Michael van Praag (Netherlands), and Theo Zwanziger (Germany).

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Two new honorary

members
Following the Executive Committee’s recommendation,
the congress named two new honorary members:

Joseph Mifsud, who has just

left the Executive Committee,
was elected to the committee
at the 1994 UEFA Congress in
UEFA
Vienna. He was a UEFA vice-
The national association delegates president from 2009 to 2011,
and served on the FIFA Execu-
tive Committee from 1998 to
(Portugal) as well as Ivan Hašek (Czech Republic), 2000 and as president of the
François De Keersmaecker (Belgium), Grzegorz Lato Malta Football Association
(Poland) and Norman Darmanin Demajo (Malta). from 1992 to 2010.

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FIFA Executive Committee elections also featured on
the agenda. Ángel María Villar Llona kept his position
as vice-president while Theo Zwanziger (Germany) won
a seat as a member. There were no other candidates Antonio Matarrese spent 12
and both were therefore elected by acclamation. Theo years on the UEFA Execu-
Zwanziger replaces Franz Beckenbauer, also from tive Committee. Elected at
Germany, who did not run. the 1988 UEFA Congress in
Michel Platini’s re-election as the president of UEFA Munich, he became a vice-
meant that he automatically kept his position as vice- president in 1992 and held
president of FIFA. office until 2000, before
The congress was also informed that the four British becoming a special adviser
associations had entrusted Jim Boyce (Northern Ireland) to the committee from 2000
with the seat guaranteed to them by the FIFA statutes. He to 2002. He was also a FIFA
will replace Geoffrey Thompson (England). vice-president from 1994 to
2002 and president of the
Healthy finances Italian Football Federation
UEFA

Apart from the activity reports of the UEFA president from 1987 to 1996.
and the Executive Committee as well as the UEFA admin-
istration (➜ UEFA.com), approved by the congress, the
delegates heard, in the form of a video, reports on the In addition, the UEFA Order of Merit was presented to:
activities of the 19 UEFA committees, as summarised • Jean-Pierre Escalettes (France)
by their respective chairmen. • Ellert B. Schram (Iceland)
Regarding financial issues, the congress approved • Ralph Zloczower (Switzerland)
the 2009/10 annual accounts and the budget for the
2011/12 financial year. Marios N. Lefkaritis, chairman These three former presidents of national associations and
of the Finance Committee, reported that UEFA’s finan- UEFA committee members received the UEFA Order of Merit
cial situation was healthy, even though the past financial in Ruby.
year had ended with a loss of €66.4 million – less than
the budgeted loss of €80 million. This was explained by The UEFA Order of Merit in Emerald was awarded posthu-
the fact that UEFA had adopted a four-year cycle whose mously to former Slovakian international Ján Popluhár, who died
financial peak coincided with the European Football at the beginning of March.
Championship final round while the three other years
were characterised by a negative result. The UEFA Congress also paid tribute to Franz Beckenbauer.
For 2009/10, UEFA’s total revenue had reached Having reached the end of his term as European member of the
€1,394.7 million, which had been used according to FIFA Executive Committee, the two-time winner of the World Cup
the policy of redistribution (€960.2 million to participat- (the only European to have won it as both a player and a head
ing teams) and solidarity (€237.9 million). ● coach) has chosen to devote more time to his family. ●

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8 35th Ordinary UEFA Congress

Congress guest
speeches Fernand
Duchaussoy,
president
Representatives of FIFA, other confederations, of the French
honorary members of UEFA, members of the circle Football
Federation
of former UEFA committee members and other
personalities from the worlds of football and politics,
as well as representatives from the media, were
invited to attend the congress alongside the national Fernand Duchaussoy, president of the French Foot-
association delegates. ball Federation, emphasised the merits of the UEFA
president, a man “who has a gift for succeeding
Before the proceedings began, three speakers addressed in everything he does (…) and for turning his words
the congress. into action.” He also recalled that UEFA had some
of its roots in Paris, mentioning the pioneering role
For the FIFA president, Joseph S. Blatter, meetings of Henri Delaunay and the role of France in creating the
in Paris were always moving as it was in Paris, in 1998, UEFA competitions. He concluded by thanking UEFA
that he had been elected president of world football’s for entrusting the French federation with the organisa-
tion of EURO 2016.

Joseph S. Blatter, Chantal

FIFA president Jouanno,
French sports
minister

governing body. As always, he stressed in his message

to the congress the importance of the European confed-
eration in world football – highlighting the remarkable Chantal Jouanno, the French sports minister, came to
success of European teams at the 2010 World Cup and read out a message from the French president, Nicolas
thanking the confederation for its important contribution Sarkozy, who had been prevented from attending him-
to the development of world football. “With UEFA,” he self by the current “immense international challenges”.
added, “we have started work on a joint programme Through his sports minister, Nicolas Sarkozy said:
to protect young footballers and club identities.” “You have chosen France to host and organise EURO
On a more general topic, the FIFA president 2016, and France will live up to the trust you have
appealed for solidarity among all leaders to fight “all placed in it and make this European competition a
the little devils that exist in the world” and prepare a world event. We will keep our promises. You can be
better future for the next generation. sure of my personal commitment in this respect.”

Representatives of FIFA and its confederations

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The French president also applauded the measures can count on my full support to promote the human
UEFA is taking to widen access to its club competitions, side and solidarity of football; football which is well-
to promote financial fair play and to fight corruption, regulated and free of irregularities; in other words,
violence and racism, as well as to protect young foot- football which remains first and foremost a sport, and,
ballers. He concluded by saying, “You know that you moreover, a team sport.” ●

Paris - from 1984 to 2011

Only one other ordinary UEFA Congress has been held in Paris: the 17th, which took place
at the Hilton International hotel, situated not far from the Eiffel Tower, on 26 June 1984. It was attended
by representatives of the 34 member associations of which UEFA was comprised at that time.

A mong the numerous congress delegates who gath-

ered in the French capital on 22 March this year, a
dozen had also attended the congress in Paris 27 years
and then on the Organizing Committee of the UEFA Club
Competitions”. Hungarian György Szilágyi, long-serving
member of the Youth Committee, was also at the Paris
ago. One such person was the new honorary member congress in 1984. “What I remember above all is how
Joseph Mifsud, who remembers that: “It was the first time emotional Jacques Georges was after he was elected.
that I had attended a UEFA Congress. I was vice-presi- He could hardly speak.”
dent of the Malta Football Association at the time, and
we made a proposal relating to disciplinary procedure.
“It wasn’t accepted at the time, but it has since become
well-established practice.”
The first UEFA vice-president, Senes Erzik, was a mem-
ber of the Turkish delegation: “I had already attended
the 1978 congress in Istanbul as a member of the organ-
ising committee and I had also taken part in the Dresden

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Gerhard
Dušan Another election left its mark on Edgar Obertüfer, Aigner with
Maravic, from Switzerland, who was for many years a pillar Lennart
member Johansson,
of the circle
of the Control and Disciplinary Committee. “That year,
who also
of former the Swiss association put forward its president, Freddy attended
UEFA Rumo, as a candidate instead of Lucien Schmidlin, the congress
committee who was the UEFA treasurer; the congress made Lucien in 1984 as
members president
Schmidlin an honorary member and our president was
of the Swedish
brilliantly elected.” The same happy fate awaited the Football
current president of the Swiss Football Association, Peter Association
congress in 1982. I remember Jacques Georges being Gilliéron, this year.
elected in Paris. He had already been acting president On the administrative side, the current honorary mem-
since the death of Artemio Franchi. I was a member ber and former UEFA CEO Gerhard Aigner was also
of the executive committee of the Turkish federation at present at the 1984 congress, as a head of department.
the time.” “It was a special congress for our general secretary,
Several of those who attended the 1984 congress Hans Bangerter. He had just turned 60 and celebrated
are now loyal members of the circle of former UEFA 25 years at the head of the general secretariat. The
committee members. Dušan Maravic, for example, who congress paid tribute to him and presented him with a
was a representative of the Yugoslavian federation back painting by a Scottish artist.”
in 1984, remembers that: “This congress was particu- As for the current UEFA president, Michel Platini, he
Photos: UEFA

larly emotional for me because I had played at Racing- was not at that congress. He was preparing for the final
Club de Paris for five years. It was this congress that was of EURO ‘84, in which he captained France to glory
the start of my career on UEFA committees, first on the on home soil, and helped in no small way to secure
Committee for Problems concerning Radio and Television France’s first major title in international football. ●

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10 Executive Committee

Nine European groups

for the 2014 World Cup
With the UEFA president in the chair, the Executive Committee met in Paris on 20 and 21 March
for what would be the last meeting for at least one of its members, the last elections having taken
place two years ago, at the 2009 UEFA Congress in Copenhagen.

T he recurrent themes of Executive Committee meetings

– preparations for EURO 2012, preserving the integ-
rity of competitions, competition regulations and financial
measure the committee would like to see taken, as part
of a wider policy of sharing information. Preventative
measures go hand in hand with a policy of zero tolerance
issues – also appeared on the agenda in Paris, along not only towards the actual culprits, but towards anyone
with more specific issues. whose behaviour is in breach of the UEFA Disciplinary
Regulations. The life ban imposed on a Ukrainian referee
Integrity officers (upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport) serves as an
Regarding the protection of UEFA’s competitions in the example of UEFA’s determination in this area.
face of illegal betting and associated corruption, the com-
mittee was given a report by a working party made up Equality in disciplinary measures
of selected Executive Committee members and supported With regard to the competitions themselves, the Execu-
the idea of creating a network of ‘integrity officers’ within tive Committee approved the regulations for the 2011/12
the national associations. The committee also declared UEFA Champions League, the 2011/12 UEFA Europa
itself in favour of close cooperation with supranational League and the 2012 Super Cup. The modifications
and state authorities, including the police and public include how to separate teams who are equal on points
prosecutors. Collaboration with other international sports at the end of group matches (by taking into account the
bodies who are confronted with similar problems is another number of goals scored in matches between the teams

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concerned), what happens if a club is disqualified or
withdraws from the competition before the end of the
group stage (all their results and points are discounted),
and what happens if a match has to be abandoned
(in principle, only the time remaining is replayed). In discipli-
nary matters, single yellow cards and suspensions that are
unspent at the end of the qualifying phase will not be car-
ried forward to the group stage. This measure is intended
to put the teams who take part in qualifying on an equal
footing with those who enter the main competition directly.
The Executive Committee also approved the 2011/12
UEFA Women’s Champions League regulations. The main
modification concerns the access list: the stage at which
the clubs enter the competition will be determined by the
national association’s UEFA ranking alone, and no longer
by their position in their respective domestic leagues (win-
ners or runners-up).
On the topic of women’s football, the committee
also approved a measure intended to protect the health
of young players: from the 2012/13 season onwards,
they will only be able to take part in one UEFA youth com-
petition per qualifying round and only one national team

UEFA
final round each season.
After receiving
Nine 2014 World Cup qualifying groups a photo album
For the final round of the 2014 World Cup, which 22 March 2012, for the first time since the Turkish metropolis at the Execu-
tive Committee
will be played in Brazil, the FIFA Executive Committee hosted the European football governing body’s general meeting, Franz
has allocated 13 places to European teams and invited meeting back in April 1978. Beckenbauer is
the confederations to suggest the format of their respec- Before that, the Executive Committee will meet in Cyprus given another
tive qualifying competitions. The UEFA Executive Commit- on 22 and 23 September this year, after a strategy meet- gift at the end
of the congress
tee declared itself in favour of using the same system for ing with the presidents and general secretaries of the
the European qualifying competition as was used for the 53 national associations from 19 to 21 September, when
2010 World Cup, i.e. eight groups of six teams and one several fundamental topics will be discussed, such as
group of five, with the eight best runners-up competing the international match calendar, the future of the UEFA
in play-offs to determine which four teams will accompany competitions and relations between different members
the nine group winners to Brazil. The qualifying competition of the football family (leagues, clubs, the Professional Foot-
should begin shortly after EURO 2012, i.e. in September, ball Strategy Council, etc.).
and last until November 2013. This proposal will be sub- Finally, in light of the continued evolution of women’s
mitted to FIFA for approval. football in Europe, where the number of registered members
Another World Cup will already have taken place is growing constantly, the committee noted that women
by then, namely the Futsal World Cup. The final round remain underrepresented within governing bodies.
will be played in Thailand in November 2012 and will On the initiative of the UEFA president, the Executive
include 24 teams, instead of 20 as it was in 2008. Con- Committee therefore decided to take the symbolic step
sequently, Europe will have one more representative than of appointing a woman as chairman of the Women’s Foot-
before, giving it seven places in all. The Executive Committee ball Committee and inviting her to participate in Executive
adopted the regulations for the qualifying competition in Committee meetings as of September.
Paris. In principle, three rounds will be played: qualifiers,
a main round of mini-tournaments, and play-offs. ■ At the end of its meeting, the Executive Committee
paid tribute to Joseph Mifsud, who had just taken part in
The Executive Committee also approved: his last meeting after having served on the UEFA Executive
Committee for 17 years, and as vice-president for the last
• the Regulations of the UEFA Futsal Cup 2011/12; and two. The president gave him the symbolic key to UEFA
• the new UEFA Anti-Doping Regulations, which come headquarters. Franz Beckenbauer, who is leaving the
into force on 29 May. FIFA Executive Committee after a four-year term of office,
received a photo album documenting his long contribu-
Next UEFA Congress in Istanbul tion to football as a token of UEFA’s gratitude. Both Joseph
The Executive Committee decided that the 36th Mifsud and Franz Beckenbauer were also honoured the
Ordinary UEFA Congress would be held in Istanbul on next day by the UEFA Congress (see page 7). ●

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12 Professional Football Strategy Council

An appeal to governments
to support football on betting
During its meeting in Nyon on 10 March, the Professional Football Strategy Council reached a united
position on the issue of betting and approved the following resolution.

The Professional Football Strategy Council: • recalls that such financial compensation is also
essential for funding grassroots football as well as fight-
• resolves to further strengthen joint efforts to pre- ing match-fixing and sports fraud;
vent and combat match-fixing, in line with the resolution
against match fixing adopted by the Professional Foot- • in line with recent initiatives of the European Commis-
ball Strategy Council in Monaco on 27 August 2010; sion, European Parliament, Council of Europe and certain
national authorities, urges political authorities to adopt con-
• recalls that financial solidarity depends on redis- crete national and/or Europe-wide legislation to address
tribution of revenue from the commercial exploitation these matters and to ensure a fair financial return to football.
of top professional football to the grassroots;
In addition to agreeing the above resolution, the PFSC
• expresses concern at the growing unauthorised received an update on the QC Leisure case (regarding
commercial use of football competitions for betting territorial exclusivity agreements on the broadcasting
purposes; of matches) following the publication of the opinion
of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the
• considers that competition organisers/clubs should European Union. The international match calendar was
have the right, including intellectual property rights, to also addressed, as was youth development. Finally, the
consent to their events being used by betting compa- PFSC discussed the next steps in the European social
nies and that such companies should pay fair financial dialogue, and in particular how to implement the mini-
compensation; mum requirements for player contracts. ●

Doping control officers’ annual seminar

UEFA’s doping control officers (DCOs) met on 31 March and 1 April for their annual
seminar at the House of European Football in Nyon. The gathering highlighted their crucial
contribution to the campaign against drug-taking in European football.

T he DCOs perform in and out-of-competition controls

in UEFA’s competitions, covering everything from the
major club competitions to youth, women’s and futsal
tournaments.
The seminar focused, among other things, on prepara-
tions for doping controls at UEFA EURO 2012, an analy-
sis of doping controls in 2009/10 and 2010/11, a
preview of next season’s activities and a presentation
of the 2011 UEFA Anti-Doping Regulations, which will
come into force in May following their recent approval
by the UEFA Executive Committee.

■ Demand for EURO 2012 tickets was tremendous,

with no fewer than 12,149,425 applications received
through the ticket portal on UEFA.com. Applications
UEFA

came from 206 different countries, although the vast

Dr Michel D’Hooghe, chairman of the Medical Committee, majority (88%) were from Poland and Ukraine. Draws
addresses the doping control officers will be held to allocate the tickets. ●

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NEWS FROM BRUSSELS
Meeting with supporter
representatives
UEFA and European supporter representatives dis-
EU action
cussed current issues at their fourth annual meeting on
14 March at the House of European Football in Nyon.
on betting could
be on the cards
The supporter representatives came from Football Sup-
porters Europe, Supporters Direct Europe and the Centre Speaking at the UEFA Congress in Paris on
for Access to Football in Europe.
22 March, the UEFA president named the
Items discussed included disciplinary issues affecting
fans, ticketing and security-related matters, fan embassy fight against match fixing as one of the key
and fan liaison questions, facilities for disabled fans and priorities for his second term in office.
the further reinforcement of the ongoing constructive dia-
logue between UEFA and supporter representatives.
The supporter groups presented their activities, as
well as a number of proposals and recommendations for
A day later, some 250km northwest,
in Brussels, the European Commission
published its long-awaited paper on online
further dialogue. UEFA emphasised its responsibilities in betting, including match fixing. The Euro-
relation to spectators attending matches and welcomed pean Commission Green Paper on On-line
the support of supporter groups in the drive to eliminate
Gambling in the Internal Market seeks to
violence and racist conduct.
establish whether the different national reg-
“The fans are football people – they represent foot-
ball’s identity, both at club and national team level,” ulatory models seen in the various member
said the UEFA president, Michel Platini. “Supporters are states can continue to coexist and whether
always there to follow their team through sunshine and EU action in this area is needed.
showers, irrespective of whether the team is playing well
or not.” The UEFA president pledged to consult the rel- The launch of this EU-level consultation is
evant FSE representatives on UEFA matters. ● good news for sports competition organ-
isers and the possibility of a common EU
approach to betting is a very positive pros-
Women’s futsal tournament pect for UEFA. The first step in the fight
in Ukraine against match fixing is for all countries to
recognise it as an illegal activity and make
Thanks to the support of UEFA partners FARE and it a punishable offence. Creating a regu-
the Never Again association, Chrzaszczyki of War- latory framework for online betting and
saw, Poland, took part in the fourth Królowe Hali acknowledging the intellectual property
(Queens of the Hall) futsal tournament, held in Lutsk, rights of sports event organisers are further
western Ukraine, on Sunday 6 March. Besides steps on the road to combatting match
Poland’s Chrzaszczyki, there were five teams from
fixing and ensuring financial solidarity
Ukraine and Russia: Legion (Lutsk), NRG (Kyiv),
in European football. The commission’s
OMEGA (St Petersburg), Krylia (Moscow) and Spar-
tak (Briansk). The tournament was organised by the green paper calls for contributions and
Regional Futsal Association of Volyn. views on all these points.
Throughout the tournament, the atmosphere on
the field and in the stands was very positive and Stakeholders, including sports organisa-
the event provided an opportunity to discuss anti- tions such as UEFA, are invited to submit
discrimination projects. ● their contributions to the debate by the end
of July 2011. The initiative is spearheaded
by Michel Barnier, France’s member of the
European Commission, who is responsible
The Polish
for internal market policy. ●
youth
team at
the tourna-
ment in
Ukraine

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14 From Dublin to London

More than finals

The climax to the European club season is fast approaching, with the UEFA Champions League
and UEFA Women’s Champions League finals to be held in London on 28 and 26 May respectively,
after Dublin has hosted the UEFA Europa League final on 18 May.

I t is 19 years since Wembley Stadium last staged a Euro-

pean champions’ competition final, and the European
club game will mark its return to London with a flourish.
Great memories
From George Best’s brilliant solo effort in extra time
against SL Benfica in 1968 to the thunderous free-kick
As UEFA hosts its first final in the new stadium, London will with which Ronald Koeman secured Barcelona their first
have its first experience of the UEFA Champions Festival, European champions’ title, against UC Sampdoria in
a week-long celebration of football in Hyde Park. 1992, the ‘home of football’ conjures up so many great
memories and classic moments.
No London side has ever won a Euro- Since then, of course, the venue has been entirely
pean champions’ trophy, but the com- rebuilt. The old Wembley was pulled down in 2003
petition’s history is closely tied to the with the iconic twin towers replaced by a stunning arch
British capital. Five previous finals have that reaches high above the stadium. The breathtaking
been held at Wembley, with AC Milan new ground boasts a seated capacity of 90,000 and
(1963), Manchester United FC (1968), opened for business in 2007. “The new Wembley is
AFC Ajax (1971), Liverpool FC (1978) magnificent,” the 2011 UEFA Champions League final
and most recently FC Barcelona (1992) all claim- ambassador, Gary Lineker, said. “Players will still dream
ing European club football’s greatest prize on the hal- of playing at Wembley and certainly they will dream
lowed turf. of playing the UEFA Champions League final at Wem-

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bley. Walking up those steps to receive a trophy is just
about as special a feeling as you can get.”

Women’s Champions League final

Two nights before Wembley returns to centre stage,
attention will be focused further south on the banks of the
Thames, where Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage will stage
the UEFA Women’s Champions League
final. Until last year, when the competition
was transformed from the UEFA Women’s

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Cup to the UEFA Women’s Champions
League, the showpiece had been played
over two legs, but the resounding suc-
Dublin
cess of the one-off final in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Arena was
in Getafe, where a crowd of 10,372 saw 1. FFC Turbine visit to the UEFA Champions Festival would be complete inaugurated
Potsdam defeat Olympique Lyonnais on penalties, has without a photo with the trophy itself. at a friendly
helped ensure the new format is here to stay. between
the Republic
Fulham’s quaint riverside ground is no longer a secret Grassroots Day of Ireland
to fans of European football following the remarkable A major aim of the festival is to get children and com- and Argentina
run of London’s oldest active professional football club to munities involved and the skills clinics provide a glimpse
the UEFA Europa League final last season. Designed by of the work that will be going on across the continent,
the renowned stadium architect Archibald Leitch, Craven involving all 53 member associations, on Wednesday
Cottage was built in 1905 and still boasts, in one cor- 25 May, the second annual UEFA Grassroots Day. Cre-
ner, the famous cottage after which it is named. In the ated to encourage participation at all levels of the game
style of traditional English grounds, the stands sit tight and to show that football is open to everyone, Grass-
to the pitch and with a capacity of around 22,500 the roots Day is held in the week of the UEFA Champions
atmosphere for the final will be excellent if it comes any- League final to also emphasise that the game cannot
where close to matching that of Fulham’s UEFA Europa flourish at the highest levels without solid foundations at
League nights last season. “It’s fantastic for women’s foot- the grassroots. To mark the excellent work being done
ball in this country that the final is being hosted in London to promote grassroots football across the continent, the
and at Fulham,” England women’s manager and 2011 UEFA Grassroots Awards for outstanding achievement
UEFA Women’s Champions League final ambassador, will be announced by the UEFA technical director, Andy
Hope Powell, said. “It will be a great occasion.” Roxburgh, in London that day.

A long week But first, the spotlight will be on the

For the second year, the UEFA Champions League final Irish capital for the UEFA Europa
will be played on a Saturday to give children and fami- League final. The stunning new Dublin
lies a greater chance to enjoy the show. It will be the Arena has been built on the site
culmination of the week-long UEFA Champions Festival, of the old Lansdowne Road stadium
which will bring the UEFA Champions League to the heart and its unique design, with a glass wall
of London from Saturday 21 May to Saturday 28 May. behind the north stand, gives it person-
Held at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, it will allow ality and a stamp of originality. It will be the first time a
thousands of fans who might not have tickets to the main UEFA club final has been played in the Republic of Ire-
event at Wembley to still take part in the occasion. land and the event is a fitting finale to a memorable first
Organised fan festivities have been a major part of the season at the 50,000 capacity stadium, which opened
UEFA Champions League final since the 2006 show- on 11 August 2010 when Ireland played Argentina in
piece in Paris and they were taken to a new high last an international friendly.
year with the introduction of the first week-long festival Lansdowne Road was home to Ireland’s football and
in the Parque del Retiro in Madrid. rugby union sides and many matches it hosted will go
That proved a huge success with locals and travelling down in Irish history, not least the 2-0 win against Bul-
fans alike, and there will again be something for every- garia in October 1987 which helped secure Ireland’s
one in Hyde Park. Kids will be encouraged to take part place in the 1988 European Championship, the nation’s
in skills clinics hosted by leading figures of the European first major finals. The UEFA Europa League final ambas-
game and past masters will be on hand to show them sador, Ronnie Whelan, was in that side and is sure the
how it is done in the all-star Ultimate Champions match. new stadium will also soon carve its own niche in history.
Fans can find out more about the history of the competi- “The stadium is brilliant,” he said. “It wouldn’t matter who
tion in the Museum of Champions or relive some of its got through to the final, even the biggest clubs in Europe:
greatest moments in the Theatre of Champions. And no the stadium itself is fit for a big, big final.” �

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16 European Women’s Championship

Seven qualifying groups for Women’s

EURO 2013
The 2011–13 European Women’s Championship qualifying group stage draw was held
at the House of European Football on 14 March.

T hirty-eight teams (including the two group winners from the preliminary round, FYR Macedonia
and Armenia) have been split into seven qualifying groups (three groups of six teams
and four groups of five). The seven group winners and the best runner-up will go straight to
the final round, while the other six runners-up will compete in play-off matches, the winners
of which will also qualify for the finals. The qualifying matches will start in September 2011
and will last 12 months, after which the play-off matches will be played as home and away
matches in October 2012. The final round will take place in Sweden in July 2013. As hosts,
Sweden qualify automatically.

Draw results European Under-17 Championship

Group 1: Italy, Russia, Poland,
Greece, FYR Macedonia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina*
Spain knocked out
Group 2: Germany, Spain,
Switzerland, Romania, Turkey,
in U17 elite round
UEFA

Kazakhstan England reaffirmed their position as European U17

Group 3: Norway, Iceland, champions by again beating Spain, the 2010 runners-up,
Belgium, Hungary, Northern 2-1 on the last day of their elite round mini-tournament.
Swedish Ireland, Bulgaria
international Group 4: France, Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Having notched up three victories, England
Hedvig Lindahl
Wales, Israel have secured their place in the U17 final
took part in the
draw alongside Group 5: Finland, Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, Estonia round, taking place from 3 to 15 May
Gianni Group 6: England, Netherlands, Slovenia, Serbia, in Serbia. The Czech Republic, the Neth-
Infantino, Croatia erlands, Denmark, Germany, France and
UEFA general
Group 7: Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, Portugal, Romania will also be competing alongside
secretary
Armenia. the hosts and the title holders. This will be the first time
* If the federation’s suspension is lifted. ● that Romania has taken part in a UEFA U17 final round.
The final round draw took place on 5 April at Belgrade
city hall and was conducted by Jim Boyce, first vice-chair-
Women’s Champions League man of the Youth and Amateur Football Committee, with
the help of Vladimir Petrovic, former Serbian international
Germany guaranteed and now coach of the Serbian national team.

a place in Women’s The draw produced the following groups:

Group A: Serbia, Denmark, France, England
Champions League final Group B: Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Romania
Novi Sad, Indjija, Smederevo and Belgrade will host
For the fourth year running, Germany will be the 15 final round matches. The final itself will take place
represented in the Women’s Champions League final. on 15 May at the Karadjordje stadium in Novi Sad.
Nine matches, including the semi-finals and final, will be
The title holders, 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, broadcast by Eurosport.
face FCR 2001 Duisbourg in the semi- This final round will also determine which teams rep-
finals, after they knocked out French team resent Europe at the
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FCF Juvisy Essonne and England’s Everton next U-17 World

respectively. The two other semi-finalists Cup, which is tak-
are 2010 finalists Olympique Lyonnais, ing place from 18
who put an end to the run of Russian team WFC Zvezda June to 10 July in
2005 Perm, and Arsenal LFC of England, who beat Mexico. The top
Swedish team Linköpings FC. The final will take place on Germany v Switzerland in the elite round three in each group
26 May at Fulham’s Craven Cottage stadium in London. ● of the European U17 Championship will earn a place. ●

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www.fshf.org
17

Member associations
Football comes to schools
Football in Albania may soon be a
separate subject in schools. This has been
confirmed by a high-level meeting held Football will
between the ministry of education and sci- soon be

FSHF
ence and the Albanian Football Associa- on the school
tion (FShF). The FShF has been developing curriculum
this idea for a long time and it is supported
by UEFA and FIFA, the highest international the pair discussed the best ways to imple- Mr Duka guaranteed the support of the
organisations in football. ment it in the specific context of the Alba- FShF, not only in supplying educational
It was made clear at a recent meeting nian education system. materials but also in providing qualified
between the Albanian minister of educa- Mr Tafaj welcomed the project and personnel.
tion and science, Myqerem Tafaj, and the ensured it would find support in the near The introduction of football to the Alba-
president of the FShF, Armand Duka, that future. He said that the national school nian school curriculum is a major step
the Albanian state is interested in pushing system needed to support such initiatives forward in spreading this much-loved sport
ahead with the initiative. At the meeting, to help education reach the highest levels. in the country. ● Press office

Armenia
www.ffa.am

Beginning of the new nian Premier League and the Armenian Meanwhile, Armenia’s women’s team
season Cup. Eight teams – FC Pyunik, FC Banants, successfully completed the preliminary
FC Ulysses, FC Mika, FC Impuls, FC Gand- round of the 2011–13 European Women’s
March was marked by three interesting zasar, FC Shirak and FC Ararat – are com- Championship. In a mini-tournament in-
events in Armenian football. Firstly, the peting in these competitions for the champi- volving Georgia, the Faroe Islands and
new season got under way in the Arme- onship title and the cup. Cup matches are Malta, our team won first place. In the
all knockout games, next qualifying round, Armenia will play
while the champion- Denmark, the Czech Republic, Austria and
ship is a round-robin Portugal.
competition consist- And finally, the main event of the month
ing of four rounds. was the EURO 2012 qualifying group
match between Armenia and Russia, which
took place on 26 March at the Republican
Stadium in Yerevan. The crowds in the
stands emphasised the importance of this
action-packed match. It ended in a 0-0
There was a good draw, but the fans out to support their team
atmosphere at the were not disappointed.
match between
FFA

Armenia and Russia ● Tigran Israelyan

Azerbaijan
www.affa.az

Increase in registered observers and match delegates. The AFFA • players selected by AFFA scouts;
members also registered staff from the clubs, the • contact details of football associations,
regional football federations and its own local clubs and clubs in other countries;
In 2009, the Association of Football Fed- administration. • statistics from all domestic leagues:
erations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) announced a As of the start of the current season, teams, players, coaches (including age,
new registration project. At that time there all participants in all tournaments have nationality, etc.).
were only 1,320 players and coaches to undergo this registration process and The AFFA football family is now more
registered in the AFFA database. receive a special licence. than 15,000 strong and growing daily.
There are different reasons for the The AFFA database also contains:
increase seen since the project got under • qualifications of coaches and other club staff; ● Elchin Mammadov
way. The first is the organisation of youth
tournaments and different grassroots
projects. For the last two seasons, the AFFA
has organised new youth leagues, includ-
ing U13 and U14 leagues and an U16
women’s league. The association has also
organised different schools’ cups and foot-
ball lessons in schools. The total number
of youngsters involved in these projects
over the last two years is over 6,500.
The second factor is more extensive regis-
tration in different categories. When the AFFA
first started the project, it focused on players
and coaches in the domestic professional and
youth (U17 and U15) leagues. The next
step was to implement the system in amateur
football, futsal, women’s football and beach
soccer, and to include referees, referee Membership is on the increase

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18 Belarus
www.bff.by

FC Bobruichanka win
women’s super cup
On 26 March, the women’s super cup was
played on the artificial pitch at the SOK Olim-
piyskiy stadium. FC Bobruichanka, the winners
of the national championship, played against
the cup winners, Zorka-BDU, who also finished
second in the championship. The teams had
already met in the cup final in November.
It was a game of both youth and experience.
Marina Lis, one of the most experienced play-
ers in the Zorka-BDU squad and the Belarus

BFF
national team, was on the bench having ended
her playing career and become Zorka’s coach. Bobruichanka, winners of the women’s Super Cup
Her successors definitely lacked her attacking
experience during the match but both teams After 90 minutes the score was 0-0 and the So the second Belarusian super cup heads to
clearly wanted to win the trophy, and as a game, just like in November, went to a penalty Bobruisk.
result many players left the pitch only with the shoot-out. This time Bobruichanka got the upper
assistance of their medical staff. hand and won 4-3. ● Yulia Zenkovich

England
www.thefa.com

The excitement is growing on 28 May and the women’s final at Fulham of the last six finals involving English clubs.
FC’s Craven Cottage on 26 May is mounting While trying to remain impartial, we at The FA
With less than two months to go until the every day. have our fingers crossed for another English
culmination of the UEFA Champions League, It is a huge honour for everyone at The finalist this year!
excitement about the men’s final at Wembley Football Association to be hosting our friends We are also proud to be hosting the UEFA
from UEFA and visitors from all over the world Women’s Champions League final, formerly
in May, particularly as it allows us to put the the UEFA Women’s Cup, which is now in its
spotlight on Wembley Stadium, which was tenth season. It comes at a time when women’s
built for historic occasions such as this. football in England is going from strength
Finals are always one of the most exhilarating to strength, not least with the launch of the
elements of sport and it is safe to say that a Women’s Super League.
European final in front of a capacity crowd at As previous hosts Madrid, Rome and
Wembley will be a very special event, not only Moscow will no doubt confirm, the UEFA
for those lucky enough to be in attendance, Champions League final is a wonderful event,
but also for the millions of people who will be not just for the host stadium but also the host
watching around the world. city. Through the Champions Festival that will
This will be the sixth European Cup final to be be taking place over eight days in Hyde Park
staged in London in the history of the competi- and the sight of the famous Wembley arch that
tion, and the first time since Wembley re-opened will be lit on 28 May for all of London to see,
its doors in 2007 that we have been able to we believe that Londoners will be able to con-
The FA

stage the final of Europe’s premier football nect to this year’s final like never before.
competition. Club football in England con-
The Wembley logo tinues to be as strong as ever, with five out ● Nick Meakin

Georgia
www.gff.ge

Technical centre renovated Sichinava built two more foot-

ball fields, completely renovated
“My thanks to every single member of the the whole building and added an
Georgian Football Federation staff, who have extra floor. He promised the GFF
worked 24 hours a day to complete our train- that he would finish Basa before
ing centre,” said Temuri Ketsbaia, Georgian their decisive match against
national team coach, after their excellent Croatia, and therefore acted not
match against Croatia (1-0) in Tbilisi on 26 only as supervisor of the con-
March. struction process, but also as a
Work on the Basa training centre (named worker himself, like all GFF staff.
after Avtandil (Basa) Gogoberidze, a legen- He cleaned corridors, carried
dary Dinamo Tbilisi player) was started ten furniture and helped to lay bricks,
years ago by Merab Jordania, then president among other things. Thanks to
of the Georgian Football Federation (GFF), such hard work before the game
GFF

with investments from UEFA and FIFA. It was, against Croatia, the Georgian The Basa centre
however, never finished, and between 2005 national football team could train
and 2009 Basa was completely destroyed. on the Basa pitch for the first time
It was only after the election in October 2009 in ten years. accommodation for 50, a swimming pool, rest
of the new GFF president, Zviad Sichinava, The renovated training centre will be com- areas and a billiards table on five hectares
that a decision was taken to resume work on pleted by the end of 2011 and will include of land in total.
the training ground, located on the western a floodlit stadium that can hold 3,000 specta-
side of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. tors, two more pitches (one of them artificial), ● Tatia Burduli / Mamuka Kvaratskhelia

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 Iceland
www.ksi.is
19
played two friendlies against teams that will
also be among the eight finalists in Denmark
this summer. First they travelled to Kyiv, where
Ukraine beat Iceland 3-2. Four days later Ice-
land played England in Preston for the first time
in this age group. Iceland won 2-1 after Eng-
land had scored the first goal. Both teams had
key players missing but that gave others a
chance to shine and push for a place in Den-
mark next summer.
● Thorvaldur Ingimundarson

Latvia
www.lff.lv

O!Karte Latvian youth

football league
This year’s Latvian youth championship will

KSI
be called the O!Karte youth football league
after the Latvian Football Federation (LFF) and
The Icelandic U21s, ready for the final round in Denmark
Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT), Latvia’s big-
gest mobile phone company, signed a sponsor-
Early start in Iceland The Icelandic U21 men’s team have reached ship deal on 24 March. The O!Karte league
the finals of the European Under-21 Champion- is a Latvian youth football championship that
The start of the season in Iceland is just ship for the first time in history. This year the will be played in nine age groups and involve
around the corner and is unusually early this finals will be played in Denmark and have been
year. The men’s top division, Úrvalsdeild, will met with huge interest from fans in Iceland, who
start on 1 May this year. That is ten days ear- will go to Denmark in large numbers to cheer
lier than usual, but a regular season in Iceland, on their boys. Iceland’s first game will be on
played in the summer, only has a time span 11 June and the tournament will end on 25
of 20 weeks. So, even though the groundsmen June. As a consequence of the number of
at the clubs have to work overtime this year to players also playing in our top division, no
get their grounds ready early, this is due to a domestic games will be scheduled between
rather “positive problem”. these dates. This promising U21 team has

Kazakhstan
www.kff.kz

President re-elected seen improvements in Kazakhstan football

for new term together. Great work has been done to create
a healthy environment for competition and, to
LFF

The election congress of the Football Fed- a considerable degree, we have accomplished
eration of Kazakhstan (FFK) took place in this goal. Improvements have been seen in the The LFF general secretary, Janis Mezeckis
Astana on 11 March. The main item on the championship, which has resulted in teams (right), and the LMT president, Juris Binde,
agenda was the election of raising their game as well. We presenting the new youth league
the FFK president and execu- should continue to work in this
tive committee members. The area, but if we do not have 6,170 players from 331 teams and more than
only candidate for the posi- spectators at our matches, we 60 clubs from all over Latvia, with more than
tion of FFK president was can say that all our work is in 3,000 matches from April to November 2011.
the outgoing president, Adil- vain. We who work in foot- In other news, the LFF has continued its UEFA
bek Jaxybekov. The con- ball should all succeed in this HatTrick II programme by signing deals with
gress delegates expressed direction. Currently, the per- councils in the Latvian cities of Daugavpils,
their full support for Mr formance of our national team Rezekne, Preili and Ju-rmala. The LFF will
Jaxybekov and elected him leaves much to be desired. This donate full-size artificial grass pitches for these
for another four-year term. is connected to the develop- cities’ stadiums. Meanwhile, the first football
Besides the president, the ment of youth football. Much pitch sponsored by the UEFA HatTrick II pro-
14 FFK executive committee work is being done in this field gramme will be opened in September at the
members were also elected. in every region. Many aspects new Riga Technical University football centre.
Following the congress, the are handled by the regions or On Thursday 31 March, the LFF held its
FFK executive committee met by private investors. This means annual general meeting at the Islande hotel in
for the first time in its new that society as a whole is inter- Riga, where the LFF president, Guntis Indriksons,
KFF

composition and re-elected ested in football. We should the general secretary, Janis Mezeckis, and the
Seilda Baishakov, Mikhail A new four-year term of office involve the country’s youth and deputy general secretary, Edgars Pukinsks,
Gurman and Viktor Katkov as for Adilbek Jaxybekov invest in football. We have presented the work done by the association
vice-presidents. our own accomplishments, and in 2010. They also presented the delegates
“On behalf of the executive committee mem- we have our own difficulties as well. We are with plans for the years ahead, including the
bers, I would like to express my gratitude to aware of them. We will do our best to resolve proposed restructuring and statute changes.
all the federation members and congress del- them and to develop football in Kazakhstan. As usual, a UEFA representative was in attend-
egates. The re-election of the president and the I look forward to further cooperation”, said the ance, this time in the form of UEFA Executive
executive committee members for a new term is FFK president, Adilbek Jaxybekov. Committee member František Laurinec from
a great responsibility for us. We have worked Slovakia.
very closely for the last four years. We have ● Aleksander Keplin ● Media department

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20 Liechtenstein
www.lfv.li

2011 annual general meeting

The Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) chairman, however, his position as
held its annual general meeting in Triesen- marketing and communications director
berg on 24 March. Besides the approval remains vacant for the time being,
of the annual report and accounts, the agenda as the LFV is pursuing further, deeper
included various elections. The meeting was cooperation with the clubs over the
attended by high-ranking guests such as the next few months, which is likely to have
president of the German Football Association, an impact on the composition of the
Theo Zwanziger, and FIFA representative and board. Meanwhile, the LFV’s director
former Swiss international Jean-Paul Brigger, of grassroots football, Heinz Biedermann,

LFV
as well as representatives of the eastern Swiss was re-elected.
and Voralberg football associations. Both Theo From left to right: Heinz Biedermann, The LFV board is therefore now as fol-
Zwanziger and Jean-Paul Brigger addressed Matthias Voigt, Reinhard Walser and Urs Gerner lows: president: Reinhard Walser (exist-
the delegates, expressing their warm regard ing); vice-president: Matthias Voigt
for the LFV and their recognition of its excel- tion of the association’s own technical centre. (new); director of finance, Urs Gerner (exist-
lent work. The LFV president, Reinhard Walser, The routine LFV board elections resulted in just ing); director of elite football: Rudolf Marxer
also reported on the work done, and on the one new name. Matthias Voigt was elected (existing); director of grassroots football: Heinz
association’s vision and goals for the future. in place of former vice-president Fredi Hilti, Biedermann (existing); director of marketing/
He reflected on the financial success of the last who stood down after ten years on the board. communications: pending.
12 months and looked forward to keener pro- Georges Lüchinger also stepped down after
motion of women’s football and the construc- five years of service. At the request of the ● Anton Banzer

Malta Montenegro
www.mfa.com.mt www.fscg.co.me

Physical trainer course ball complex, was intended to provide training New floodlights at Podgorica
in the field of specialised physical preparation stadium
The technical centre of the Malta Football for footballers, with emphasis on top fitness
Association (MFA) recently organised a course levels.
for prospective physical trainers in football. Lectures were given by several experts
The course, held at the Ta’Qali national foot- in the field, many of whom are of international
repute. They included foreign speakers from
Italy and England, with Maltese specialists
completing the round-up.
The association’s national teams sector, with
Luca Pagani responsible for players’ fitness
training, is constantly engaged in this field
of activity and the response from prospective
trainers in the Maltese islands is very encour-
aging.
This was in fact the second comprehensive

FSCG
course of its kind, after 13 candidates success-
fully completed the inaugural training last year.
This initiative by the MFA has raised aware- The floodlit Podgorica stadium
D. Aquilina

ness of the importance of footballers achieving

optimal levels of fitness in application of state- The national football teams of Montenegro
of-the-art science. and Uzbekistan were honoured to play the
Luca Pagani, the kingpin of the course ● Alex Vella very first game under the new floodlights
at Podgorica stadium, Montenegro’s biggest
stadium.
Moldova The renovation of the floodlights, as well as
the installation of an electricity generator and
www.fmf.md
emergency lighting, was carried out thanks to
a $1m donation from UEFA and the technical
A book for the 100th and business cooperation of the Football Asso-
anniversary of Moldovan ciation of Montenegro and the capital city.
football The new floodlights provide average illumi-
nance of 1.839lx towards the fixed cameras,
To mark the centenary of Moldovan football, which is much higher than the UEFA standard
Serghei Donets, president of the football history for category four stadiums. They provide 30%
and statistics association, was commissioned more light than the previous floodlights, while
by the Football Association of Moldova to pro- using 30% less power.
duce a book about the history of Moldovan The new floodlights are another step towards
football. our goal of completely renovating the stadium.
Some 20 journalists and photographers This includes the construction of a new eastern
FMF

were involved in producing this 575-page stand, which should be under way by the
book, which includes 339 pages on the history end of the year, and the reconstruction and
of Moldovan football, its most famous players, The book commemorating the improvement of the western stand.
its leaders and its infrastructure – all beautifully centenary of Moldovan Football With a solid 1-0 win against Uzbekistan at
illustrated, with lots of archived photos. There the Podgorica stadium, the Montenegrin team
is also a detailed statistics section, containing national team, U21 team games, and all the extended their fabulous clean sheet to seven
lists not only of competition winners, but also matches of the Moldovan clubs in European games (six of which they have won).
of Moldova’s top scorers and players of the competitions.
year as well as full statistics on the Moldovan ● Press office ● Ivan Radovic

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www.irishfa.com
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Exchange of experiences attended by nearly 80 referees and observers. Howard for taking the time to visit us. Obvi-
The topics discussed were leadership skills, ously he is a very busy man and we value
World Cup referee Howard Webb was a decision-making and conflict management. this support. Our senior officials, development
guest of the Irish FA recently when he paid Sports psychologists Dr John Kramer from group officials and referee academy group
a short visit to Northern Ireland. He was the Queen’s University and Michael Austin and members all learnt a lot from his input.”
chief guest at a development seminar in Belfast Martin Walker from Train Your Mind all deliv-
ered excellent presentations, with Howard ● Sueann Harrison
Webb using his personal experiences to illus-
trate the theory.
During his trip, Howard also visited the San Marino
North East Ulster Referees Association, at
which he spoke to over 100 members and took www.fsgc.sm
them through his experiences at the World Cup
finals in South Africa. He also took time out Visit from Giancarlo Abete
to visit staff at the Irish FA headquarters. “It’s
always a pleasure to visit Northern Ireland. There is great satisfaction in San Marino, fol-
My first visit here was to referee at the Bally- lowing confirmation by Giancarlo Abete, UEFA
mena schoolboys’ international tournament Executive Committee member and president
and I have happy memories as this coincided of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), of the
with the start of my international career,” excellent results achieved by the San Marino
said Howard. “The world of refereeing has Football Federation (FSGC). His visit came a
changed dramatically in the past ten years few days after the FSGC received UEFA’s club
IFA

and it’s great to see the Irish FA providing their licensing quality seal: for the seventh consecu-
officials with all this extra support.” tive year, the federation has successfully met
Howard Webb (centre top) with referees Alan Snoddy, referee development officer the requirements of the club licensing system.
from Northern Ireland for the Irish FA, added: “We are indebted to After bringing greetings from the UEFA
president, Michel Platini, Giancarlo Abete
participated in the FSGC’s general meeting.
Republic of Ireland On the agenda were the approval of the final
budget and forecast, a report by the president,
www.fai.ie Giorgio Crescentini, and the presentation
of the FSGC’s fair play trophy to S.C. Faetano.
Ireland’s top coaches great success as manager of the now defunct Giancarlo Abete confirmed the great achieve-
graduate to Pro licence Sporting Fingal, winning the FAI Ford Cup in ments of the FSGC, emphasising the good rela-
2009. tionship it had with the FIGC. The work done
The next generation of top Irish coaches, The League of Ireland is also well repre-
which includes some high-profile personalities sented in the list of graduates, with Eddie
from the game in Ireland and England, recently Gormley, folk hero at Bray Wanderers and
received their UEFA Pro diplomas. St Patrick’s Athletic; Harry McCue, of Drogheda
Five of them – Curtis Fleming, Jeff Kenna, United fame; Martin Russell, currently a con-
John Devine, Kenny Cunningham and Liam tender for manager of the year for his role at
Buckley – are former Republic of Ireland inter- UCD; Tommy Dunne, boss of Cork City; and
nationals who bring to their coaching a total Paul Cook, the man who has transformed Sligo
of 124 caps between them. Rovers into FAI Cup winners and one of the
FSCG

They also represent a wide range of top most attractive teams in the league.
clubs, where the seeds for their interest in When men of this calibre are graduating
the coaching side of football were no doubt from the FAI’s coaching courses, one can be
sown. Fleming was a cult hero at St Patrick’s sure that the future of football in Ireland is in safe Giancarlo Abete
Athletic and Middlesbrough; Kenna at South- hands. (left) presents the
ampton, Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham The other recipients of diplomas are also high fair play trophy

FSGC
City; Devine at Arsenal and Norwich City; profile. Steve Harrison is currently Coventry
to S.C. Faetano
Cunningham at Millwall and Birmingham City; City’s caretaker manager and was previously
and Buckley at Shamrock Rovers, Waregem, assistant manager at Middlesbrough and Eng-
St Patrick’s Athletic and Sporting Fingal. land under Steve McClaren, while Michael in San Marino was assessed positively and
Cunningham has moved into TV punditry with Browne works at the Aspire youth academy declared in line with UEFA’s objectives and pro-
ease, Devine has just launched puresoccer.ie, in Qatar. grammes. In particular, credit was given to the
a coaching website, and Liam Buckley enjoyed ● Fran Whearty federation’s attention to youth development and
youth sectors, but another important point was
infrastructure, an area in which the FSGC has
invested a lot over the years, ensuring UEFA’s
standards are met here too.
Giancarlo Abete acknowledged the “quality”
work done by the FSGC and its president,
Giorgio Crescentini. He also mentioned how the
relationship between the FSGC and the FIGC
would continue to grow over time, in the spirit
of teamwork within UEFA. The federations’
friendly relationship has been confirmed in
recent years by Giancarlo Abete himself,
whose latest visit was his fourth, following a first
visit with the UEFA president, a visit to attend
the inauguration of the reinforced natural grass
pitch at the Stadio Olimpico in Serravalle,
and a third visit for the renewal of the coop-
eration agreement between the neighbouring
FAI

federations.
The new Pro coaches ● Elia Gorini

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22 Slovakia
www.futbalsfz.sk

Best player in Slovakia in Slovakia). The woman footballer of the year

awarded Ján Popluhár prize was Eva Kolenová and the best coach was
Vladimír Weiss.
The results of the 2010 Slovakian player of the A special prize was presented to Miroslav
year poll were announced on Sunday 27 March Karhan, who is the first Slovakian footballer to
at the PO Hviezdoslav city theatre in Bratislava. have played in more than 100 matches for the
Marek Hamsík, the midfielder from SSC Napoli, national team. A special honour was also pre-

Rene Miko
has kept his title from 2009 and Miroslav sented to Jozef Vengloš for his 75th birthday,
Stoch has once more won the Peter Dubovsky which was in February.
prize for best U21 footballer. Jozef Pavlík The prime minister of Slovakia, Iveta Radicová,
has been awarded the title of best referee remembered Ján Popluhár in her speech at the The president of the Slovak Football Association,
of 2010 and Robert Jez has been named best awards ceremony. Ján Popluhár was an excep- Ján Kovácik (with the UEFA Order of Merit) and
player in the Corgon Liga (the highest league tional character in Slovakian and world football Iveta Radicová, the prime minister of Slovakia

who died in early March, and thus the player

Sweden of the year award is named after him. The
president of the Slovak Football Association,
www.svenskfotboll.se Ján Kovácik, gave the legendary footballer’s
family the Order of Merit in Emerald he received
Lars-Åke Lagrell begins final “I am honoured and privileged to have been from Michel Platini at the 35th UEFA Ordinary
term as president elected for one more year, but as I declared Congress in Paris in March.
earlier, it is in the best interests of both the
FA and myself that I resign in 2012. And, ● Juraj Čurny
of course, I will always be there to support
Swedish football in the future.”
Karl-Erik Nilsson (former FIFA referee and Turkey
tournament director for the 2009 European
www.tff.org
Under-21 Championship final round) was
elected as a new member of the board, replac-
ing Gillis Persson, who decided not to stand Turkey to host FIFA
for re-election. Kennet Håkansson and Jörgen U-20 World Cup 2013
Eriksson were both re-elected for two-year
terms. Turkey has won the bid to host the biggest
The meeting delegates also heard that the event in its history. In a media conference held
economic result for the 2010 fiscal year was at FIFA headquarters in Zurich at the begin-
SvFF

SEK 10.3 million, while many other positive ning of March, the FIFA Executive Committee
topics were discussed: the number of active announced that the 2013 U-20 World Cup
A new and final term of office for players has increased for the eighth consecu- would be held in Turkey.
Lars-Åke Lagrell tive year, a number of modern stadiums are Turkey outbid rival candidates Uzbekistan
being built and excellent progress is being and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with
The Swedish FA’s annual meeting unani- made in player development. Among the chal- a bid that proposed 10 cities (Antalya,
mously re-elected Lars-Åke Lagrell as presi- lenges the Swedish FA hopes to meet this year Bursa, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Izmir, Kayseri,
dent, but he announced that this, his 21st term, are improving attendance in the top leagues Manisa, Rize, Sanlıurfa, Trabzon) and 13
would be his last at the helm of the association. and qualification for EURO 2012. stadiums which will put Turkey on the world
The Swedish FA holds presidential elections football map. A final decision on the host
every year. ● Andreas Nilsson cities will be made after visits by FIFA officials.
In a speech given after the announcement,
the TFF vice-president, Lutfi Arıboǧan, said:
Switzerland ‘’We are honoured to be here today, winning
the right to host the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
www.football.ch
in Turkey. We are glad to see our six months
of continuous efforts bear fruit. The president,
U21 preparations running its performances on the pitch. “It is great to prime minister, sports minister, general direc-
smoothly see that absolutely everyone is pulling in the torate of youth and sports, Turkey’s clubs and
same direction,” said Tami after the ten-day also our government – from the ministries to
The final round of the European Under-21 training camp at the end of March. Captain, the municipalities of the candidate cities – all
Championship will be held in Denmark in June, team leader and goalkeeper Yann Sommer has provided the support necessary to strengthen
with Switzerland involved for the first time since also been struck by the atmosphere among the our bid for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. We are
their appearances in 2002 and 2004. Follow- players. grateful to them. We also thank our honorary
ing a win and a draw in the play- In addition to the players in president, UEFA first vice-president and FIFA
offs against Sweden and some the current squad, five talented Executive Committee member, Senes Erzik.’’
other outstanding performances, youngsters who recently played Lutfi Arıboǧan emphasised that the tourna-
expectations in and around the for the national A team – Affolter, ment, which will last for a month, will inject
team coached by Pierluigi Tami Derdiyok, Gavranovic, Stocker around $300 million into the economy, adding
are very high as the final round and Shaqiri – and who all made that “this year’s U-20 World Cup in Colombia
approaches. The positive impres- occasional appearances during provided 9,000 jobs, of which 2,900 were
sions the team has been making the Under-21 qualifying competi- direct employment. We are sure that these
for a long time were confirmed at tion, are all still young enough figures will increase in our country.”
their training camp in Qatar and to play in the final round. The The FIFA U-20 World Cup is a chance for
Saudi Arabia, with victories in both most experienced member of this the star players of the future to demonstrate
ASF/SFV

practice matches, in which the whole group is Eren Derdiyok. The Bayer their skills on the world football stage for the
squad took part. Leverkusen striker has already first time. The tournament is also broadcast live
Denmark, Iceland and Belarus won 31 senior international caps, in many countries. The 2013 finals will be held
will be Switzerland’s group oppo- Eren Derdiyok, in the having scored in his debut against in June, with teams from 24 different countries
nents in Denmark – difficult but national A team but still England at Wembley Stadium in participating.
beatable for a squad whose excel- young enough to play February 2008.
lent team spirit is as impressive as for the U21s too ● Pierre Benoit ● Communications Department

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Birthdays
P atrick Daly (Republic of Ireland), referee
observer, is celebrating his 70th birth-
day on 28 May. Before that, on 8 May,
Ainar Leppänen (Estonia, 24.5)
Packie Bonner (Republic of Ireland, 24.5)
Semen Andreev (Russia, 25.5)
Notices

■ On 1 April FIFA and UEFA suspended

Marc Dobbeleir (Belgium), doping control Ivancica Sudac (Croatia, 25.5) the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football
officer, is turning 60, as is Suheil Daood Evgeni Giner (Russia, 26.5) Federation (NFSBiH) until further notice
(Israel), referee observer, on 25 May. On Barbara Straková (Czech Republic, 26.5) due to its refusal to adopt statutes that
the same day, Hans Cooman (Belgium), Robert Jeurissen (Belgium, 27.5) conform to FIFA and UEFA’s recommenda-
doping control officer, is 50. Zdenek Sivek (Czech Republic, 28.5) tions. This means that the NFSBiH loses
Jim Stjerne Hansen (Denmark, 28.5) all FIFA and UEFA membership rights.
UEFA also extends birthday wishes for May to: NFSBiH representative and club teams
Jean-Pierre Escalettes (France, 29.5)
Campbell Ogilvie (Scotland, 1.5) are no longer entitled to take part in
Jacques Antenen (Switzerland, 29.5)
Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark, 1.5) international competitions and NFSBiH
Arnaldo Cunha (Portugal, 31.5) officials are no longer allowed to partici-
Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia, 3.5)
Volydymyr Chorno-Ivanov (Ukraine, 3.5) pate in any international match or event
Anghel Iordanescu (Romania, 4.5) until the suspension is lifted.
Eleonora Gambillara (Switzerland, 4.5)
Peter Gilliéron (Switzerland, 5.5) Forthcoming ■ On 11 March Adilbek Jaxybekov was
re-elected as chairman of the Football
Costakis Koutsokoumnis (Cyprus, 5.5)
Kenneth Ridden (England, 6.5) events Federation of Kazakhstan for four years.
■ Lars-Åke Lagrell has been re-elected
Guðmundur Pétursson (Iceland, 6.5) as chairman of the Swedish Football
Stanislav Strapek (Slovakia, 6.5) Meetings Association for one year.
Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden, 6.5)
Pekka Luhtanen (Finland, 8.5) 9–11.5.2011, Nyon
Michel Pralong (Switzerland, 8.5) Referee talents and mentors seminar Match agents
Miroslav Tulinger (Czech Republic, 8.5) 11.5.2011, Braga
Patrick Comninos (Greece, 8.5) Three new UEFA licences have been
UEFA Regions’ Cup final round draw awarded to the following agents:
Ucha Ugulava (Georgia, 8.5)
Armen Melikbekyan (Armenia, 10.5) 11–13.5.2011, Nyon Brian Horne
Jean-Marie Gantenbein Course for women referees Sporting Events Limited
(Luxembourg, 11.5) 15/16 Shafers Arcade
13.5.2011, Nyon
Ernst-Peter Radziwill (Germany, 11.5) 677 High Road
HatTrick Committee Benfleet, Essex
Timo Huttunen (Finland, 11.5)
25.5.2011, London SS7 5SF, UK
Henrik Ravnild (Denmark, 13.5) +44 7710 103 310
Mattia Piffaretti (Switzerland, 13.5) Grassroots Day
bbjk@sky.com
Odile Lanceau (France, 14.5) 31.5–1.6.2011, Zurich
Carlos Manuel Ferreira Matos Richard Ugoh
FIFA Congress 4 Francis Court
(Portugal, 14.5)
3 Myers Lane
Hans-Jörg Eissmann (Germany, 15.5)
Competitions New Cross, London
Piotr Maranda (Poland, 15.5) SE14 5RU, UK
Håkan Nyberg (Sweden, 15.5) +44 7534 171 633
Nikolay Levnikov (Russia, 15.5) 3/4.5.2011 richieugo@yahoo.com
Evzen Amler (Czech Republic, 15.5) UEFA Champions League: semi-finals
Angel Bungurov (FYR Macedonia, 16.5) (return legs) Heinrich Rosenauer
SPI 2.0 GmbH
Luboš Michel (Slovakia, 16.5) 3–15.5.2011, Serbia Sport for your identity
Svein Johannessen (Norway, 17.5) UEFA European Under-17 Championship Rainerstrasse 15
Lars Appelqvist (Sweden, 18.5) final round 4600 Wels
Andreas Morisbak (Norway, 19.5) Austria
Jozef Marko (Slovakia, 19.5) 5.5.2011 +43 664 284 15 99
Gaetano De Gabriele (Malta, 19.5) UEFA Europa League: semi-finals rosenauer@spi.co.at
Milovan Djukonovic (Montenegro, 19.5) (return legs)
Rune Pedersen (Norway, 19.5)
18.5.2011, Dublin
Raimondas Statkevicius (Lithuania, 19.5) Obituary
UEFA Europa League: final
Michał Listkiewicz (Poland, 20.5)
Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland, 20.5) 26.5.2011, London Michel Daphinoff, former assistant UEFA
Ivan Simic (Slovenia, 20.5) UEFA Women’s Champions League: final general secretary, died on 15 March at
the age of 85. Having previously worked
Miodrag Belodedici (Romania, 20.5)
28.5.2011, London in international relations at the Bulgarian
Ewa Gajewska (Poland, 21.5) Football Union, Michel Daphinoff joined
UEFA Champions League: final
Nicolai Cebotari (Moldova, 21.5) UEFA in May 1961 as assistant to the
Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus, 21.5) 30.5–11.6.2011, Italy then general secretary. He was in charge
Theo van Seggelen (Netherlands, 22.5) European Women’s Under-19 Championship of financial matters until he retired
Karl Dhont (Belgium, 22.5) final round in December 1990.

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